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Tax Sale Overview:

If Mellette county, South Dakota is unable to collect real estate property taxes they are also unable to provide important government services like police protection, public schooling and medical services.

Unpaid property taxes create a serious cashflow problem for Mellette county, South Dakota.

Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Mellette county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Mellette county newspaper of general circulation. They are listed by sequence number. Parcels fall into 1 of 2 groups. Each group is sorted by parcel number.

The advertisement appears about three to six weeks before the Mellette county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.

To solve this problem Mellette county, South Dakota allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Mellette county, South Dakota lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.

Why would investors do this?

Well, depending on South Dakota laws and competition, savvy Mellette county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with South Dakota tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with South Dakota tax deeds.

Elected Public Officials:

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